"Boat lovers who are used to designers who conceive the same boat over and over, camouflaged with a face-lifting here and there, will be amazed at Phil Bolger's diversity--Here are novel and wonderful boats." Boatbuilder "Bolger has a way of seducing even the lay reader into thinking about and beginning to understand boat design." Cruising World "...entertains, informs, and makes you think about boats in ways you probably thought weren't possible--Boats with an Open Mind is wonderful, its author priceless. WoodenBoat

Philip C. Bolger was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1927. He became obsessed with boat design not long after. He now works in a sculpture garden of experimental boats of his imagining, still in Gloucester. His hobbies are history, prophecy, and fantasy. In the spring of 1994 he married and went into partnership with Susanne Altenburger, whose tastes and amusements are similar but not identical.

Note on Periodical Publication Introduction Part One Very Small Boats 1. Breakdown Punt 2. Brick 3. Payson Pirouge 4. Iceboat 5. Auray Punt 6. Dart Dinghy 7. Cartopper 8. Three-Meter Multihull 9. Supermouse Part Two Rowing Boats 10. Sweet Pea 11. Spur II 12. Ceremonial Barge 13. Cruising Rowboat Part Three Motor Trailer Boats 14. Motor Canoe 15. Clam Skiff 16. Fisherman's Launch 17. Hawkeye 18. Sneakeasy 19. Slicer Part Four Sailing Trailer Boats 20. Pirate Racer 21. Bobcat 22. Spartina 23. Canard 24. Proa 25. His and Her Schooners 26. Japanese Beach Cruiser Part Five For Moorings and Private Landings 27. Boy's Launch 28. Plywood 12 1/2 29. Keel Daysailer 30. Staysail Cat 31. Tarantula 32. Newfoundlander 33. Auckland Catamaran 34. Snow Leopard Part Six Period Pieces 35. Dugout 36. Marina Cruiser 37. Alice 38. Keelboat 39. Longship 40. Schuyt Houseboat 41. Scow Schooner 42. Racing Schooner 43. Brigantine Part Seven Bed and Breakfast, Sail 44. Micro 45. Chebacco Boats 46. Birdwatcher 47. Whalewatcher 48. Martha Jane 49. Sea Bird '86 50. Presto Cruiser 51. Grandpa's Pirate Ship 52. Singlehander Catamaran 53. Berengaria Part Eight Bed and Breakfast, Power 54. Microtrawler 55. Miniature Steel Tug 56. Plywood Diesel Cruiser Part Nine Vacation Homes 57. Blueberry 58. Barge Houseboat 59. Fast Sternwheeler 60. Breakdown Schooner 61. Fast Motorsailer 62. Samuel Clyde 63. Red Zinger 64. Bright Thread 65. Volunteer 66. Wyoming Part Ten Real Cruisers 67. Leeboard Catboat 68. Superbrick 69. Advanced Sharpie 29 70. Loose Moose II 71. Ataraxia 72. Offshore Leeboarder 73. Shady Lady 74. Barn Owl 75. Sir Joseph Banks Sources Bibliography Index